Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:17:04 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell programming challenge Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0411260916060.22302@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <41A62A68.8050201@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <41A615CE.6010405@Silver-Lynx.com> <19861fba0411251005265ecb91@mail.gmail.com> <41A62A68.8050201@Silver-Lynx.com>
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Don Wilde wrote: > J65nko BSD wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:26:38 -0700, Don Wilde <don@silver-lynx.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey, folks - > > > > > > I need to find a way to kick off an xterm running BASH and then execute > > > a program within that xterm, but NOT close the new xterm after the > > > program finishes. > > [snip] > > > > > xterm -hold -e sh -c ./ticktock & > > > > "-hold" is explained in the xterm man page ;) > > > Yes and no. I don't get as command prompt back in the new xterm, either with > sh or bash. ALso, the --rcfile arcument does not appear to work in conjunction > with -c. > > This is what the man for hold specifies, but I need the prompt. If you have the option to modify it, ensure that your script exits via "exec sh". Alternatively a wrapper that does this is straightforward to build. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287864 or +44 (0)117 9287088 http://ioctl.org/jan/ Political talk? / What is said can be unsaid / with good old BS -- ASCII haiku
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